Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1919 — Page 4

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THREE GREAT POWERS RATIFY PEACE PACT

England, France and Italy have aow ratified the peace pact and league of nations covenant — France ratifying Saturday for a unanimous vote —and 00 far as those countries are concerned peace with Germany has been established and the league covenant is in effect. But the United States, owing to the action of small-bore .politicians, is still in a state of war with the German empire—technically so—and stands alone ‘Outside the league of the three great allies with whom we joined Issues in the world war. So far -as actual hostilities are concerned, the war has been over for almost a year, and yet the cheap politicians of the Lodge, Johnson, Borah ct al type are holding up a ratification of the treaty. In criticising the delay of the senate the Indianapolis News (Rep.) pointed out in its Saturday issue that “with the ratification of the treaty by Great Britain, France and Italy there would be peace between those countries and Germany, while we should still •be technically at war with the latter power. And our late friends would be allied with our enemy. For the treaty and covenant go into effect as soon as ratified by three powers —go into effect, that is, as between those powers. It would be a great mistake to break away, even temporarily, from those nations that were partners with us in the great war, for if the peace of the world is to be maintained, and Germany held In check it must be by those powers and the United States. The world needs a league of freedom. “If there were any need for extended debate, that would be a different matter. But the senate has had the treaty before it for more than three months. One other point that was made in our Washington dispatch of yesterday. It was that after the treaty is in effect as a result of the ratification by the three European powers, it may not be so easy to change it even by reservations. Whether there is anything in that theory or mot, it certainly is highly desirable that America, if .she is to be in the league at all, should be in from the start, and that the treaty which goes into effect so as to bind Great Britain, Italy and France, should be the same treaty as that consented to by our senate. The American people have made it quite clear that they want two things: first, prompt action on the treaty, and second, ratification, with such reservations as will guard doubtful points.” In speaking of the ratification by the French In Monday’s issue, the News said editorially: There is one consideration that it seems important to press at this time. It is that as we won the war in co-operation with our associates and friends, who had held off their (and our) enemy for almost three years before we enttered ipto the struggle, so now it is necessary that we should continue to act in closest accord if we are to harvest the fruits of peace. Therefore, any one who seeks to alienate us from our friends is himself a public enemy, and is playing directly into the bands icf Germany.

This war is not over, and will net be till peace is finally proclaimed. Even then the danger will not be past. Germany is reaching out for conquests in the east, and her new army may soon be in possession of Petrograd. However that may be, it is certain that Germany will not abide by the peace terms unless they are backed up toy the same comibnatioin powers that defeated her in war. France understands this, as does Great Britain. So do the American people. The French yesterday, through the action of the senate, consented to another treaty—the one that binds France, Great Britain and the United States to act together in support of France if she should ever be attacked in aggressive war by Germany. This imposes no obligation that does not, as a matter <of fact, lest on us now. It is absolutely necessary that Germany ■should understand that any such enterprise as that on which she in 1914 will be vetoed In advance by America, Britain and Trance. Here is no question 01 balance of power, or spheres of influence. What is sought is the safety >cf the world, and the protection of human liberty. America owes an enormous debt to France and Great Britain and our people are grateful to both these nations for the heroic sacrifices that they made durinig the war. We can all remember how we prayed that the French might hold Verdun, and the British stand fast at Ypres. We realized that the fight was our fight. When we took it up we were glad and proud that we went through the Hindenburg line with the British, and went with the French into the Argonne. Now we want peace, and a peace that shall be guaranteed by a power capable of enforcing it. To break away at the present time from the associations formed during the war would be an act of madness. The destinies of humanity must be guided by the nations that love peace, and believe in liberty and democracy.

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

There are two catalogues of duties the Republican congress can perform if it is in doubt as to what the public wants —the recojfimendatiouSh’of the president and :some of the measures that were promised to the soldiers. The several' Republican “investigating’’ committees have returned

to Washington from their travels and, having reported to the partisan newspapers, will doubtless begin to turn In their expense accounts. Senator Penrose proposes to defer until after the next presidential election the enactment of a new tariff law. This suggests either the senator’s pessimism after contemplating his Republican congress for the last three months, or an undue optimism concerning the results In 1920. At any rate, Senator Panroee makes It plain that it is much easier for Reixublicans to promise legislation before election than It is to enact laws after the people have trusted them to keep their word. Senator Johnson is to speak in four states in his campaign against the treaty. The rest of the senatorial obstructionists feel perfectly able to fill the senate chamber with noise during his absence. If the Republican majority in congress continues to procrastinate in legislating for the soldiers, the latter will become eligible for old-age pensions before anything is done for them. After having spent three months in a public exhibition of their discord, Republicans of the house have decided to have another quarrel in private at the next caucus, Nov. 10. Is the long discussion of chblegrams and ancient history and personalities in the senate to pass for a thoughtful consideration of the •treaty?

The Republican majority in the senate filibustered against prosperity last spring and is now filibustering against peace.

REAL PURPOSE OF THE STATE TAX BOARD

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Beyond these needs we very gravely question the propriety or wisdom of going at this time and we also doubt whether the taxpayers want to g>o further. “We do not believe this is the proper time to engage in the construction of public works that we can do without—enterprises that are not imperatively and obviously necessary. We are in the midst of the highest prices the world has ever known. No one knows when the decline will set in or how fast It will move. There is, however, a tremendous shortage of labor and materials already, and we do not believe the state should interpose its own competition and further disturb industrial processes.” * « • This statement reveals the plan —or plot—very clearly. The board will not permit improvements it does mot believe are necessary. And it "probably will hold that practically every improvement projected by cities and counties is “unnecessary.” Regardless of the opinions of the city, town, township and county officials as to the time Cot making the improvements the state board sitting in Indianapolis and comitrolling the tax expenditures ot the entire state will say to the people that they can have only -what the three men ‘here desire they shall have. The board is not trying to save money for the people. It is trying tc “save its own skin” and make a good case for a tax law which the people generally are condemning.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL.

Mrs. William Garland of Remington underwent a minor operation yesterday. Chris Sack of this city entered the hospital Monday for medical attention. George Bently of near Mt. Ayr' entered the hospital Saturday for medical attention. George Seibel was able to return to his home west io<f town Sunday. Leonard Koss of Newland had his tonsils removed Friday. Keith Johnston of Remington had his tonsils removed Saturday. The 2-months-old babe of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Burns of north of town was brought to the hospital Saturday for medical attention. Earl Adams did not return home last Friday, as expected, but did return Monday. Sale bills printed at The Democrat office while you wait.

SAY IT WITH f FLOWERS ii Call J. H. Holden i: PHONE 426.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

Wage Flamers Should Be Represented on Railroad Boards of Directors

roads. Every member of this committee believes that the classified personnel should participate in the management of the railroads. By including their spokesmen among the directors their peculiar problems could be worked out by those most concerned and best informed. If this were done I believe most of their controversies would be adjusted before they reached the point of publicity. The measure contains none of the fundamentals of the Plumb plan The Plumb plan is the soviet principle, with very little concealment. The soviet society is one in which the wage-earning class of a given industry or community exercise complete control over that industry or community. The program of the railroad brotherhoods looks to the control of the transportation industry by its wage-earning personnel. Our industrial civilization is founded on the relationship between employer and employee, and I do not believe it can be succeeded by any other. The plan of the brotherhoods would destroy that relationship so far as the railroads are concerned, and we cannot assume that it would be attempted only in that industry.

Shortage of Help in the Home Is Often Chargeable to the Housewife

By MRS. FRANK D.

The greatest problem in relation to the operation of the home is obtaining someone to assist the housewife in doing the necessary work. Inability to obtain assistance is not because of lack of compensation nor of proper working conditions. There are plenty of women who would be glad to work in the home if it were not for the social stratum to which they were relegated. Many excellent cooks are working in stores, shops, factories and offices because of the accepted difference in social position between girls who work in such places and girls who work in homes. Work in the home should be classed as the highest form of employment. The making and maintenance of the home is the principal object of all men and women. The wife is responsible for the conduct of the home, the same as the husband is responsible for the conduct of his business. / The reason for shortage of help in the home is chargeable, in most instances, to the manager of the home. The man occupies a position of authority, as a rule, because of his ability to direct others. The wife is placed in charge of the home for other reasons, with the result that’ the foreman of the house knows less about its management and the work to be done than the employee who is assisting. I suggest that in trying to solve the problem of assistance in the home we start by educating ourselves. The solving of the problem of how to operate the home is squarely up to the wife. To solve this problem satisfactorily she must learn »to do the work in the home and in addition learn how to intelligently direct others.

We Should Leave Our Dead Near Where They Fought Their Last Fight

By GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING,

We should leave our dead near where they fell. I believe it inadvisable to return our dead from England before definite decision as to the entire question and particularly before final action in France. I have given the entire question of our dead men thought, and my opinion is that we should leave our dead near where they fell. lam sure that this course would be fully appreciated by the allies and that our government will be given every facility for beautifying and caring for the cemeteries already established on the fields won by our heroic dead. ' I believe that could these soldiers speak for themselves they would wish to be left undisturbed in the place where, with their comrades, they fought the last fight. Those who rest in England gave their lives in the same cause and their remains represent the same salvation as those who lie on the battlefields. The graves of our soldiers constitute, if they are allowed to remain, a perpetual reminder to our allies of the liberty and ideals upon which the greatness of America rests. I think the sentiments outlined are held by many who have given this subject thought. These sentiments should appeal to the relatives and friends. I recommend that none of our dead be removed from Europe until their nearest relatives so demand, after full understanding of all the sentimental reasons against such removal, and further recommend that immediate steps be taken for improving and beautifying our cemeteries. ‘Mme- Fraya, the “Society Prophetess” of Paris —Women have acquired the taste for work and independence during the war. They will never lose it again, and will take a more and more active part in social responsibility. This will entail a complete transformation of love, marriage and the relations between the sexes, and even in the family? GlenH E. Plumb—The railroad experience of the last eighty years shows that no railroad ever paid off an indebtedness except by creating a new indebtedness of the same or greater par value.

By Senator ALBERT B.

The permanent railroad policy bill submitted to the senate by the interstate commerce committee has these major features: Provisions for termination of government control of the railroads; their return to private ownership and operation under rigid federal control and consolidation into region systems; prohibition of strikes and lockouts of employees; joint committee on wages; representation of employees on boards of directors. My personal opinion is that the wage earner should be represented on the boards of directors of the rail-

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CLIPPED from OUR CONIEMPORARIES

Frank Jacks, a Cass county farmer, is exhibiting in Logansport a sweet potato of his growing that is 25 Inches in circumference, 10 inches long and weighs 10 pounds. The beginning of corn husking in the state shows a yield of above average, according to the report of George C. Bryant of the corn reporting service, statehouse, for the week ending Saturday. 1 Bartholomew Morrisey and three of his sons, Wayne, Ora and Lawrence, were killed and four other occupants of the automobile serious;, ly injured when the car was struck by an Illinois Central train at Gibson City, 111., Sunday. Fred Herron, a Boone Grove, Porter ccunty, farmer, was struck by Thursday by a fast passenger train on the Chicago & Erie railtoad and was thrown many feet, but will recover, tl is believed, although several bones were broken. Both horses he was driving were killed. A. Leppert of near Reynolds wa» seriously injured in an automobile accident near Chalmers Thursday evening. Mr. Leppert and Charles Bossung of Reynolds -were going home from Chalmers, and in attempting to get across a small bridge before they passed an approaching car, their automobile struck the abutment, was hurled into the air, where it turned completely over, and fell into the ditch. Mr. Leppert suffered a broken elg and was injured internally. He was taken to a Lafayette hospital. Mr. Bossung was uninjured.

SEE THE “PILOT SEX” We have the agency for the Pilot Six 45-horsepower ear, and the public is invited to call and look them over.--KUBOSKE & WALTER. A new supply of that popular Thistle Linen correspondence paper In ruled, unruled and pound boxes, just received in The Democrat’s fancy stationery department Also Thistle Lindn correspondence cards.

J IQ If you need • *** some come (Under this head notices will be published for 1-cent-a-word for the first Insertion, %-cent-a-word for each adr dltlonal insertion. To save book-keep-ing cash should be sent with notices. No notice accepted for less than 26 cents, but short notices coming within the above rate, will be published two or more times—as the case may be—for 25 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat’s care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.) FOR SALE ' For Sale—Recleaned timothy seed. —CHAMBERLAIN & MARLATT, at Rensselaer Garage. ts For Sale —1 full carat, perfect dia>mond, on easy terms. Inqjuire at Democrat (office. ts For Sale—Two Shorthorn cows, one now fresh and The- other fresh soon. Both good milkers. — W. H. WORTLEY, telephone No. 949-H. ’ 015 For Sale—Some nice recleaned timothy seed.—G. M. MYERS, phone 640. ts For Sale—Second-hand automobiles —Fords, Overlands, Saxons, Empires. KUBOSKE & WALTER, phone 294. ts For Sale—Maxwell 1918 touring car in good condition, also a few Liberty bonds. —JOHN W. SAGE, phone 258. o!8 For Sale—Paragon lever paper cutter, 23-inch, recently rebuilt and in A-l condition. —THE DEMOCRAT. For Sale—Jackson touring car, in good running order. Will be sold at auction on the street in Rensselaer. next Saturday, Oct. 18. —G. F. DESC,HAND. 018 For Sale—Good cottage on good street, close to schools and churches. Modern, except furnace. Price reasonable. See MRS. E. S. RHOADS, or George A. Williams. 020 For Sale—A number of pure-bred Buff Orpington cockerels, price reasonable if taken at once.—J. R. BRANDENBURG, McCoysburg, Ind., R-l. , nlO For Sale—As I am going to move to Plymouth at once, I wish to dispose of 1 12-foot oak extension .table'; 1 cupboard; 1 bedstead and .springs; 1 4-burner oil. stove; 1 8-foot Osborne binder with truck, in good order; 1 Avery riding cultivator; 1 weeder. —JOSEPH TRULLEY, phone 945-B, 015

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1919.

For Sale—My 5 acres Just north of city limits of Rensselaer; 7-room house 28x28 feet, basement size of house; cistern, with pump and sink in kitchen; well water on back porch; large garage;, hen house; small crib and granary; cow and horse barn. —MRS. O. M. PEEK, phone 949-B. ts For Sale—Team of good farm horses; $175 for a quick sale. —MRS. W. M. GARLAND, 108 Milton St., Rensselaer. 018 Player Piano Bargain—Beautiful, nearly new Starck player piano, guaranteed 25 years. The parties who have this piano are unable to finish paying for sa<me, so, rather than ship, we will sell it to any responsible party in this vicinity who will finish out the contract. Easy payments If desired.—P. A. STARCK PIANO CO., 522 Broadway, Gary, Ind. 015 For Sale—l6o acres unimproved land near Labra, Jasper Co., Ind. Good drainage, known as the Relfsnyder land. For terms address — F. C. REIFSNYDER, 518 East Main St., Ottumwa, lowa. o-18 New and Rebuilt Typewriters are carried in stock in The Democrat’s Fancy Stationery and Office Supply Department. We handle the Oliver, brand-new and various other makes in rebuilt and second-hand. If you are in the market 'for a typewriter we can save you some money.—THE DEMOCRAT. ts

For Sale—ln The Oemocrat's Fane, Stationery and Office Supply department—steel die numbering machines, rubber stamp d -’ers, rubber stamp pads, typewriter ribbons for all practically makes of typewriters, spun glass ink erasers, account files, filing eablnets, typewriter papers, legal blanks, etc. For Sale—The Joe Miller farm, 1% miles north of Mt. Ayr, will be sold to the highest bidder in the Newton circuit court at the term convening Monday, Oct. 13. Farm Is well Improved and consists of 157 acres. Is to be sold to settle estate.—THE MILLER 'HEIRS. 018 For Sale—l6o-acre farm, well drained, most all level, black soil; 5-room house, good barn, corn cribs, good well, fine orchard land all In cultivation. Can give good terms on this. Price S9O per acre.—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON. ts Typewriters—One brand-new Oliver No. 9, latest machine made by the Oliver Typewriter Co., price 557 —monthly payments if desired; 2 Smith Premiers, No. 10, rebuilt and in first-class oondltion, price S4O and $45, respectively. These are splendid machines, visible, tabulator, back spacer, 2-color ribbon, etc. We also have other makes of second-hand and rebuilt machines on hand from time to time, and carry at all times a full line of best make ribbons for all standard typewriters.—THE DEMOCRAT, ts For Sale-Good two-story, 7-room house, with batu, electric lights, • drilled well, large cistern, lots ot fruit, splendid shade t r ees; on corner lot—really two lots each 75x' 159 feet, each fronting Improved street and Improved street on side. Splendidly located on best residence street In Rensselaer. Lots alone worth more than, entire property can be bought for.—-F. E. BABCOCK. ts For Sale Some real bargains in well Improved farms located within three miles of Rensselaer. 120 a., 133 a., 212 a., 152 a., 80 a. I also have some exceptional bargains In Improved farms of all sizes farther out from Rensselaer. - For further particulars see me or call phone 246, office, or 499, home. — HARVEY DAVISSON. ts For Sale—One brandnew Oliver No. 9, latest model, never been used} $57; 2 Oliver No. 3, one with wide carriage, rebuilt and in perfect condition, S3O each; 1 Smith Premier No. 10, rebuilt and in perfect order, S4O. Will sell to responsible parties on monthly payments, if desired. AH rebuilt machines are equipped with cover, new ribbon, etc., and will do just as good work as they ever did. Come in and let us demonstrate these machines before you buy one elsewhere.—THE DEMOCRAT. ts

LOST Lost—Brown coat, Wednesday, on road between the Frank Hill farm in Jordan township and Foresiman. Finder please leave at The Democrat office. 015 WANTED Wanted—Job by married man on farm. For information call Ed Ritter, phone 923-N. —M. J. SCHULTZ, Parr, R-l. 018 Wanted—Board and room in private family, near downtown section desired.—C. A. BROWN, at Ideal Grocery, phone 344. 015 Wanted—To purchase a few sth Liberty Loan (Victory) bonds.— GEORGE iM. MYERS, phone 640. Wanted—To buy 5 or 6 cords of good 4-foot body wood, to be delivered before Nov. I.—F. E. BABCOOK. ts FINANCIAL Farm Loans Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO,—E. P. HONAN. ts Money to Loan—CHAS. J. DEAN & SON, Odd Fellows’ Building, Rensselaer. ts Money to Loan —I have an unlimited supply of money to loan on! good farm lands at 5%% and um ual commission or 6 % without! commission, as desired. Loans, will be made for 5 years, 7 years, > 10 years or 20 years. See me about these various plans.—JOHN A, DUNLAP. , ts